Datang infinite pretense system

There are already think tanks beginning to realize the consequences that may occur later.

The disciples of the family were in panic all day long, as if they had suffered a catastrophe, this wave of turmoil had already swept in.

If everyone can afford to read, how can they stay on top?How can we control the position of the court officials?

This is what Li Chengqian wants to do, so that they have nowhere to go, and return to the level of equality with all living beings.Increase the proportion of court officials and civilians!

At this time, Wei Zheng expressed his concerns: "His Royal Highness, I am afraid that these aristocratic families will not let it go!"

Li Chengqian had thought about it a long time ago. After all, some necessities for people's livelihood are still in their hands.

If he seriously threatens them, then they will definitely fight back. He can probably imagine that people with five surnames and seven Wangs have gathered together to discuss what to do?

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants, Shang is the last one. If a scholar does well, he can control the following three items. The five great aristocratic families have mastered this word, so it can be passed down for thousands of years.No matter how the dynasties change, they will not fall down!

However, Li Chengqian's actions obviously left them nowhere to go. No matter what, these people would resist.

But if so, they are digging their own graves!

"Don't worry, they can't afford any big waves!"

Li Chengqian said solemnly.

Then he said, "Where did we just talk?"

Wei Zheng said:

"When it comes to improving the printing form of the Analects of Confucius, we can print more words per page to reduce the cost!"

Li Chengqian nodded and said:

"Yes, yes, under the condition of limited paper, in addition to double-sided printing, you can also control the amount of paper by changing the font size and line spacing. As long as you save a piece of paper, the cost will be saved a lot."

Save one piece of paper for one book, save ten thousand papers for ten thousand books, and the cost will naturally come down!

Given people's desire for books, so what if the printing is denser?

"Yes! What His Royal Highness said is very true! In this way, the speed can be increased!"

Wei Zheng admired Li Chengqian's approach very much. Li Chengqian had already proposed dozens of reforms in printing methods alone.

That has never been done like this before!It's amazing!

At this time, someone suddenly came in and reported: "His Royal Highness! Wang Gui begs to see you!"

When Li Chengqian heard it, Wang Gui was regarded as a high-ranking official, but it must be a bad thing to come to him at this time.

And Wei Zheng said: "This person is from the Wang family, and he must be looking for His Royal Highness because of the books!"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "That's right! I want to see what this guy is going to do!"

Then Li Chengqian said:

"Let him in!"

"Yes!"

Chapter 315

At this time, an old man walked in from the outside. When he saw Li Chengqian, he saluted and said, "Wang Gui pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

At the same time, he glanced at Wei Zheng again.

Wondering.

"Wei Zheng, are you there?"

"It turned out to be Wang Gui! It's rare to see him!"

Li Chengqian asked directly: "Wang Gui, why are you looking for this king?"

"His Royal Highness! This minister's coming to the East Palace is a matter of this book!"

Sure enough, it was for the books.

Li Chengqian asked: "Oh? Tell me what you think!"

At this time, Wang Gui said: "His Royal Highness, it is said that everything is inferior, only reading is high! This reading is a noble thing, why sell books so cheaply? It ruins the taste of reading? This is a blasphemy against reading! It is detrimental to temperament. So, I think, should the price of this book be increased?"

Wang Gui spoke very emphatically, and said all unfavorable words.

To put it bluntly, they came to question Li Chengqian. According to Changsun Wuji, the book should have been sold for one-fifth of the book, but now it is sold for one-tenth of the price. They are not happy about what they say.

So Wang Gui came to persuade Li Chengqian to raise the price.

What Li Chengqian didn't expect was that Wang Gui, as a famous figure in the early Tang Dynasty, failed to escape the shackles of family interests, and couldn't help but come forward when the family foundation was impacted.

The conflict between the imperial power and the aristocratic family is very fierce, no matter which dynasty it is in, it is very common.

The Wang family supported Li Zhi's seizure of the throne in history, and the famous queen and queen came from the Wang family. In the end, there was a conflict of interest, so they were still killed?

The closest thing is Wang Guifei. They send women from their own clan to the palace in thousands of ways to seek protection, but they often beat their good cards.The accident of Wang Guifei was one of them.

With such a powerful person standing in front of him, even Li Shimin would have thought about it.

But Li Chengqian is not Li Shimin, he doesn't have to care about these families.

Instead, he said directly: "Since reading is noble, how dare you entertain yourself? It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with others! Let the noble things be shared with everyone, why not do it? And let everyone in the world read books! Even Selling books at a low price, seeing that they can read books, this king will be very relieved!"

History has long proved that all reformers will encounter resistance.

In history, many dynasties held reforms that violated the interests of vested interest groups and caused fierce resistance and failed. There are countless examples.

Human selfishness is like this. Vested interest groups will not withdraw from the stage of history willingly, and sometimes even use dirty means to prevent reforms from proceeding.

Because of Li Chengqian's reform, the price of books has dropped too much, which has caused a fierce impact on the aristocratic family and will definitely arouse their resistance.

Aristocratic families influenced the imperial power and controlled the government, but because the entire court belonged to them.

The emperor wanted to suppress them and use them at the same time, so he was caught in a dilemma.

Of course, since Li Chengqian decided to do this, there was no way out.

And if he raises the price, the Wang and Cui families who bought the books will resell the books they have hoarded, wouldn't that be a waste of money?

He doesn't allow it!

As soon as his words came out, Wang Gui did not back down in the slightest.